Note on Route Assignment

By Paul Ward

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Please note that Shanghai is miles ahead of Des Moines, Iowa, who, when they installed trolley buses (or "curbliners" as they were called in that city) in 1938, decided to do different paint schemes for each line. Later they found that it was much easier to install roller destination signs than to repaint each bus when it was assigned to a different route.

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